Neath Port Talbot
Neath Port Talbot County Borough
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Neath Port Talbot shown within Wales | |
| Coordinates: 51°38′44″N 3°44′42″W / 51.64556°N 3.74500°W | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | Wales |
| Preserved county | West Glamorgan |
| Incorporated | 1 April 1996 |
| Administrative HQ | Port Talbot |
| Government | |
| • Type | Principal council |
| • Body | Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council |
| • Control | No overall control |
| • MPs | 3 MPs |
| • MSs | 2 MSs
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| Area | |
• Total | 170 sq mi (441 km2) |
| • Rank | 11th |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 142,158 |
| • Rank | 9th |
| • Density | 830/sq mi (322/km2) |
| Welsh language (2021) | |
| • Speakers | 13.5% |
| • Rank | 9th |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
| ISO 3166 code | GB-NTL |
| GSS code | W06000012 |
| Website | www |
Neath Port Talbot (Welsh: Castell-nedd Port Talbot) is a county borough in the south-west of Wales. Its principal towns are Neath, Port Talbot, Briton Ferry and Pontardawe. The county borough borders Bridgend County Borough and Rhondda Cynon Taf to the east, Powys and Carmarthenshire to the north; and Swansea to the west.
Neath Port Talbot is the eighth-most populous local authority area in Wales and the third most populous county borough. The population at the 2011 census was 139,812. The population in the coastal areas is mainly English-speaking, whereas in the valleys in the north of the borough there are many who are Welsh-speaking.